The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-30
THE STATE.
berf}eeu il to have an oil mill.

A handsome ten PIN alley is now being
built at Cooper's Wells.
Vicksburg is making an effort to have
the Spring races again this year.
Mrs. r. K. Howard, an estimabie lady
of Aberdeen, died on Monday last.
Three children were poisoned at Wal
thall, recently, by eating milk-weed.
The Oxford Falcon has rendered col
umn to the w. c. I. o., OF that place.
A grand inaugural ball is to be given at
the new city hall in Summit, April L.
In addition to the right-of-way Column
bus guarantees the Decatur road S2oo,ooV. |
The new Methodist church at Greenwood |
was dedicated last week, by Bishop Gallo
way.
A large parry of wealthy excareionlsts
from St Louis visited East Mississippi last
week.
A string band, composed of ladies aud
gentlemen has been organized at Aoer-
deem.
Mr.. III. Leavenworth is buililag
steamboat in front OF his saw mill, al Green
vile.
The trustees of the Batesville school have
passed a law requiring every pupIlto carry
lunch.
Wild turkeys abound in great mum bers
in Franklin county, and the sportsmen are
happy.
Mr.. Graham, pastor of the Presby terrain
church at Ripley, will hereafter reside In
Florida.
Senator WalthalI will address the peo-
pie of Port Gibson on Decoration Day,
this year.
Natchez mas most efficient and enthu-
siastic Confederate Cemetery Association
now organized.
| There is not single prisoner in Alfalfa
county Jail, and the grand jury found only
nine true bills.
A negro woman named Jennie Sims, was
run over by a train at Helms, on the Val
| ley road, last week.
| A young calf, born marked with a
| "swallow-for in each ear, is the wonder
of the Fair River people.
| Mr.. r. B. Brannin, of Aberdeen, Is a
candidate for treasurer of his county. A
better one could not be found.
Miss Jennie Lee Burkitt greatly en-
hances the interest OF the Chickasaw Mes
senger by her bright news items.
The ''Bells OF Cornville' is being re-
hearsed by the young people OF Aberdeen,
with a view OF producing 1t at an early
day.
The money order system has been dis
continued at Chester, Choctaw county, and
has been started at Alderman, in same
county.
farmer near Scranton who engaged ex-
tensiveiy in raising fowls, claims to have
raised brood of twenty four chickens from
dozen eggs.
United States Postoffice Inspector NJ. A
Fisher last week arrested Ellis White
charged with forging money orders on the
Corinth office.
'The Little Confederates" are having a
. royalty good time and making nice sum
OF money, on their Monumental tour
through the East.
In many towns of the State the mer
chants have agreed to close their stores al
, six O'Clock, in order to give their employ
ees little recreation.
Mr.. Christian Schwartz sold from his
i"Morrille" plantation near Natchez las
week, FIVE hundred bales of cotton to Maj
Millette, buyer for A. J. Mitchell & Co.
The Yazoo City Rifles are making elab
, crate preparations for a ball to be given a
, Lyceum Hail, in that city, April L. W.
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Inspector Fisher, OF the Postofiice De
part ment, says that out of fifteen hundred
postofices which he has inspected, Aber
deem Is next to New Orleans, the best KEEP
office.
, One OF the Aberdeen papers suggests th'
; establishment of chemical charcoal fac
tory at Moss Point, as the many saw mill
IN that region would furnish abundance {
, material.
The "Hotel Committee" appointed t,
get up subscriptions to build a hotel il
Natchez is not very much elated over III,
success they have been having in their un
dertaking.
, Mr.. Fay, of Cincinnati, has been il
Natchez looking for the heirs to a large es
tate IN Ohio. The names OF the heirs are
!, Grafton and Barr, and the estate is said tt
be worth a million.
a The Meridian News is fully convinced
that the South has the loyeliest women ir
the world. This conviction forced itsel
= upon the News alter critical inspection o
! the st. Louis excursionists.
E Mr.. Lewis Martin, telegraph operator a
. Learned Station, on the Little j. road
accidentally shot colored boy, Will,
. cleaning his pistol few days ago. Th.
, Meridian is going to turn itself loose
on fox hunt, April Sth. They claim t,
/ have the finest hunting grounds in tn,
world over there, and will give the ''brush'
: to the lady who is lin at the DEATH"
: The Tombigbee River Stave and Head
! ing Factory, shipped last week from Aber
; deem, $1,000 oil and whisky barrels ant
! slaves to Mobile and St. Louis Mr.. s. I'll
| Zero X the II
and growing industry.
As Mr.. England, merchant OF Clinton
WAS going from his store to his home al
ten o'clock last Saturday night, he wa
struck by stone and fell senseless Tn,
would-be assassin took his cash-box, con
tanning upwards of $400.
n two year old son of Mr.. C. z. Moore
of Natchez, got hold OF box OF concen
trated lye in some way, one day last week
and swallowed a large quantity of il
y Prom and efficient medical attendance
! saved the little boys life.
e Mr. Isaac Morris, a leading merchant o
, Beauregsrd, and Miss Dora Cohn, o
r Osyka, were married at the residence o
: the brides father, Mr.. Simon Coin, o,
Sunday evening last. Rev. DIR. A. NJ
Block, of Jackson, officiated.
: Bishop Galloway inaugurated the serie
,, of lectures arranged for the students o
Whitworth College, and the citizens O
Brookhaven by President Fiizhugh, or
! Friday last. His subject was "Wycliffe
the Morning Star Of the Reformation"
The illicit makers and sellers of whisky
; in Oktibbeha county are getting rath.
, troublesome. A gentleman, at whose house
revenue officer stopped few days age
simply for rest and refreshment, received
Immediately very threatening letter on
the subject.
On the 10Th inst, in Gre nville, while
some little boys were playing on two fat
cars, little seven year old son of Mr.
Pledger. while attempting to couple the
cars, got his head CAUGHT between the dead
blocks on the ends of the cars, and had
his brains crushed out.
The Young Mems Christian Association
of Mississippi is holding delightful SEES
sion at Columbus. Eighty-two delegates
in attendance. On Monday morning they
visited the Industrial College Chapel
where the services were conducted by Mr.
| K. G.. Latting, Jr., of Grenada. Next see.
sion at Greenville.
t Mr.. Harry I. Messengale, recently pas
senger conductor on the southern division
of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
Railroad, was arrested in Memphis last
, week by the police on the charge of embez-
e element, and brought to Vicksburg with
D out requisition papers and given into the
t custody OF the sheriff.
A very enthusiastic meeting was held in
GreenviIle last week to protect the river
front which has recently caved so badly.